Emma deSouza: School abortion video scandal a wake-up call that our schools are still not secular

The disturbing, medically inaccurate and highly controversial film, produced by the Life Network in Texas, reportedly upset some of the teenage girls to the point of tears.

It is estimated that primary-age children spend 10% of their school year on religious formation. File photo: iStock

The screening of a deliberately graphic and scientifically inaccurate anti-abortion video to students at Ursuline Secondary School in Thurles does not warrant disciplinary action, according to the Teaching Council. 

The disturbing and highly controversial film, produced by the Life Network in the southern conservative US state of Texas, was shown to teenage girls in December 2019, presenting medically inaccurate claims as fact, and reportedly upsetting some of the girls to the point of tears.